Hurricane Sandy is still badly affecting cable viewers in the New York area. Cablevision, with around 3 million customers, says about half of its cabled homes are still without power (as at November 1st). New York’s electrical power generator, Con Edison, says some homes will be without power until November 11th. The catastrophe is expected […]
Going round the bars will now be easier with the launch of Tapas TV channel, the first TV station dedicated to the famous Spanish tapas that will be available soon on all platforms (satellite, cable, DTT, mobile TV and the Internet). The Tapas TV channel will have programming entirely dedicated to tapas, showing how they are made, […]
BT has revealed plans to further accelerate its commercial fibre roll-out, with the aim of surpassing two thirds of UK homes in spring 2014. The goal is over 18 months ahead of BT’s original target of the end of 2015. This is the second time BT has brought the programme forward, having previously moved the […]
beIN SPORT, the new independent 24-hour global network dedicated to live and exclusive coverage of the world football and international sports, has announced it will be carried by Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will offer the network in English and a separate network in Spanish on […]
Despite the threats and bluster from India’s government and industry regulator to switch off analogue TV signals in the nation’s four largest cities, many people can still view analogue cable TV. India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry had ruled that all analogue transmissions cease at midnight on October 31st in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Chennai’s […]
CBS Corporation and Internet subscription streaming service Netflix have extended their international licensing agreements to stream select CBS Corporation shows in Canada, Latin America, the UK and Ireland. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. As part of the extended agreements, Netflix members in each of these territories will enjoy previous seasons of Showtime’s Dexter […]
Almost three years after its launch, HD+ GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has reported a “very strong” Q3 performance. At the end of September, the company had more than 750,000 paying HD+ households in Germany (761,456 on September 30th, 2012). HD+ gained over 127,000 new customers from July to September this year. Growth during […]
Scripps Networks saw revenues rise 12 per cent to $566 million, and net income racing ahead 20.1 per cent to $118.4 million in the quarter-year to September 30th. Scripps’ Cooking Channel saw revenue rise 31 per cent, while its DIY Network rose 26 per cent and Food Network increased 11 per cent. Revenues by network […]
Dreamworks Animation has confirmed it will launch a number of branded kids channels internationally and use Fox as global distributor. Chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said that it would look to partner with Fox to launch a Dreamworks channel. “They are a very, very, very strong, powerful force internationally in TV distribution. I think they have […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for publishing and distributing professional digital media, has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th, 2012. Total revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $22.1 million, an increase of 32 per cent compared to $16.7 million for the third quarter of 2011. Subscription and […]